Whoa,the big dog is unleashed and barking up a storm! This weekend the Tennessee Democratic Party had their annual Jackson Day Dinner and the headline speakers were Bill Clinton and Al Gore together. What a great event, with 3 thousand attendees and huge media coverage. Health care was the focus and our former president hits the nail on the head when he hammers home this point to the Democrats in attendance:
I'm just telling you, we need to pass a bill and it needs to be the best bill we can possibly get through congress. But doing nothing is not only the worst thing we can do to the economy and the worst thing we can do for healthcare, its the worse thing we can do for the Democrats. And don't you think that the republicans (with finger pointing now for emphasis) don't know it.
Guys--our Democratic leaders are preparing us for this fight and saying in subtle ways that we may not get the public option, but that we can not frame that as a loss. There will be a bill, and the bill WILL be a great step forward for healthcare reform. If it is not all we want we still must get behind it or lose ground in every political way you can imagine.
John Kerry said recently:
Kennedy would have fought for a public option in President Barack Obama's attempt to reform the health care system, but would opt for compromise if and when Democrats got to that point.
I am pissed off at all the blue dogs and I'm mad as hell at the number of elected officials both "R" and "D" who seem bought and paid for by the healthcare special interests. But politically we must be prepared to fight to the death for whatever comes out in this legislative session. Our future as a party is at stake, and if the republicans win this one we can kiss our hope good bye.
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